Florida Teen Rape

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The attorney for a Florida man saysher client admits raping a woman at a public housing complex inFlorida two years ago, but denies taking part in more than a dozenother acts during what prosecutors call a brutal assault.

Tommy Lee Poindexter is charged with 14 counts in the 2007 gangrape and beating of a mother and the sexual assault of her youngson. His public defender acknowledged at the start of Poindexter'strial today that DNA evidence will link him to the woman's rape.But during her opening statement, the attorney Haughwout toldjurors there was no proof that Poindexter was present during otherparts of the attack.

Authorities allege that 10 masked teens attacked the woman andher son. A second teen is being tried with Poindexter, but in frontof a separate jury. A third teen is scheduled to be tried nextmonth, while a fourth person has pleaded guilty and has agreed totestify. Police are also looking for others who may have drifted in andout of the apartment to participate in the attack.

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- Residents in Australia's Northern Territories and Queensland braced Thursday for a pair of cyclones expected to make landfall on Friday. 'Marcia' and 'Lam' are expected to dump at least 15 inches of rain and bring winds up to 180 miles per hour.

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- Tropical Storm Ana is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane this week as it moves toward the southern edge of Hawaii's Big Island, which was hit by a destructive tropical storm two months ago.

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